"On the Australian Memorial", illustrated poem by Phan Quang Dan

Place Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province
Accession Number EXDOC177
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Framed: 550 mm x 450 mm x 50 mm
Object type Poem
Maker Phan Quang Dan
Place made Vietnam
Date made 1973
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 563/003/040
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Description

Collection consists of a handwritten and watercoloured illustrated poem, written by Dr Phan Quan Dan, Vietnamese Minister of State, on the occasion of the unveiling of a Vietnamese memorial to Australian troops at Phuoc Tuy on 26 January 1973. The poem was presented to the Australian Ambassador. The poem is written in Vietnamese with an English translation, and contained within a gold frame with a red mount.